Jiří Crha

Jiří Crha
Crha in 1979
Born (1950-04-13) 13 April 1950 (age 74)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
National team  Czechoslovakia
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1969–1993
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Team

Jiří Crha (born 13 April 1950) is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender. He played 69 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1980 and 1981. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1969 to 1993, was spent first in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and then the German Eishockey-Bundesliga. Internationally Crha played for the Czechoslovakian national team in several tournaments, including the 1976 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal.

Playing career

Born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, Crha played for nine seasons in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and for his country at the international level, including the 1976 Winter Olympics.[1] He was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent on 4 February 1980. He remained with the team until 1983 when he went to Germany, where he played until his retirement in 1991. He then served as a player agent to players in the Czech Republic.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1969–70 HC Dukla Jihlava CSSR 19 — — — 1140 45 1 2.37 — — — — — — — — —
1970–71 HC Dukla Jihlava CSSR 32 — — — 1825 75 2 2.46 — — — — — — — — —
1971–72 TJ Pardubice CSSR 33 — — — — — — 3.06 — — — — — — — — —
1972–73 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1973–74 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1974–75 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1975–76 TJ Pardubice CSSR — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1976–77 TJ Pardubice CSSR 44 — — — 2640 145 — 3.30 — — — — — — — — —
1977–78 TJ Pardubice CSSR 44 — — — 2595 128 — 2.96 — — — — — — — — —
1978–79 TJ Pardubice CSSR 37 — — — 2220 117 — 3.16 — — — — — — — — —
1979–80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 8 7 0 830 50 0 3.62 .908 2 0 2 121 10 0 4.98 .891
1979–80 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 7 4 1 2 404 15 1 2.23 .922 — — — — — — — —
1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 54 20 20 11 3105 211 0 4.08 .875 3 0 2 65 11 0 10.23 .750
1981–82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 2 1 0 0 81 11 0 8.15 .774 — — — — — — — —
1982–83 St. Catharines Saints AHL 1 — — — 60 6 0 6.00 .838 — — — — — — — —
1983–84 SV Bayreuth GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1985–86 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1986–87 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1987–88 EHC Freiburg GER-2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1988–89 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1989–90 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1990–91 EHC Freiburg GER — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1991–92 EHC Freiburg GER 40 — — — 2376 161 0 4.07 — — — — — — — — —
1992–93 EHC Freiburg GER 41 12 23 2 2427 149 0 3.68 — — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 69 28 27 11 3935 261 0 3.98 .883 5 0 4 186 21 0 6.81 .846

International

Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1968 Czechoslovakia EJC 5 — — — — — — — .915
1969 Czechoslovakia EJC — — — — — — — — —
1973 Czechoslovakia WC 2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.50 .943
1974 Czechoslovakia WC 5 3 1 0 260 10 1 2.31 .894
1975 Czechoslovakia WC 2 0 1 0 75 5 0 4.00 .800
1976 Czechoslovakia OLY 2 — — — 37 1 0 1.62 .875
1978 Czechoslovakia WC 1 1 0 0 60 2 0 2.00 .917
Senior totals 12 — — — 552 21 1 2.28 —

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Crha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ "Jiri Crha". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 28 January 2015.